Nintendo news (Aug. 31): Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 03: Vehicle Kit / Splatoon 2

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Today’s Nintendo news: overview video for the Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 03: Vehicle Kit, but also…

- Splatoon 2
- The Legend of Zelda – Ichiban Kuji
- Yo-kai Watch Blasters
- Nintendo Switch
- Nintendo Power Podcast
- Super Smash Bros. at EVO 2018
- Tool Assisted Speedrun
- Ask Izzy

Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 03: Vehicle Kit

Today, Nintendo shared the usual overview video for the Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 03: Vehicle Kit, showcasing all this 3rd Toy-Con kit has to offer:

And here’s a TV Commercial from Japan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoQfcoCi3Ts

Next, here’s some pictures for the game:

Finally, here’s a picture of a box to use when you want to put away your Toy-Con creations once you’re done playing with them, releasing on September 14th in Japan (only via the My Nintendo Store. Price: 714 Yen):

As an extra, here’s the latest video from the Nintendo Labo UK YouTube channel:

Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 03: Vehicle Kit (Switch) comes out on September 14th in Japan.

Source: Nintendo

Splatoon 2

Every month, new weapons and new stages are added to Splatoon 2. Since Ver. 3.0.0, this has happened on the first day of each month), but this month, the new weapons and stages will be a bit late. Nintendo has announced that the next batch of weapons will go live in “early September” (most likely next week), but didn’t specify on which day.

Also, starting later today, the Starfish Mainstage stage will be unavailable until the next content update (with the new weapons) is live, officially due to “repair work”. Finally, the set of monthly weapons for Salmon Run will also go live in early September.

Source: Nintendo (Twitter)

The Legend of Zelda – Ichiban Kuji

Here’s pictures of various pieces of The Legend of Zelda merchandise that fans will be able to get via the latest Ichiban Kuji lottery, in convenience stores across Japan (from October 6th):